Introduction : Preamble -- Aborigines and the broadcasting industry -- Commercial mainstream media -- Background : A personal view -- Survey results from questionnaires : Statistical information -- Brambuk conference, Western Victoria -- Dubbo NSW -- Campbelltown -- Orange NSW -- Conclusion : Major community issues from report -- Recommended action -- Future direction from conducting research within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities -- Appendices : Diary of events -- Brambuk conference, Halls Gap, Western Victoria -- Comments from Brambuk survey -- Transcript of interviews conducted at La Perouse, 26 January 1993 -- The research consultant curriculum vitae
Summary
Survey and report commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Authority to investigate the viewing trends and indentify the Aboriginal content and images on commercial television and radio; survey of attitudes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to their portrayal on commercial television and radio; survey concluded that there were too many negative images and not enough Aboriginal presenters and actors
Analysis
Aborigines
Attitudes
Surveys
Television
Torres Strait Islanders
Related To
Supplement to: The people we see on TV : cultural diversity on television / by Stephen Nugent, Milica Loncar and Kate Aisbett. (Monograph (Australian Broadcasting Authority); 3)